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Join KAAN from June 21 – 23 for three days of keynotes, films, presentations, roundtables, performers, exhibits, support forums, and life-changing community. KAAN offers an Adoptee-Only track, as well as sessions for a general audience that are open to all. There are programs for adults aged 18+ and youth aged 8-17. Everyone is welcome, including adoptees, birth families, family members (adoptive parents, spouses/partners, siblings, and children of adoptees), service providers, and Korean Americans. If you have any questions, please feel free to email us at tech@wearekaan.org.

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Sunday, June 23 • 9:30am - 10:45am
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Confronting Race in Asian Adoptee Stories: In this hands-on writing workshop, we will examine our experiences as Korean adoptees operating in a world of whiteness. How did the recent rise in anti-Asian hate affect your understanding of being Asian in America? In what ways do you mask your racial identity? What has mainstream media missed in telling transnational adoptee stories? We will study adoptee portrayals in media and discuss their authenticity. By investigating our complicated feelings about race in community with other adoptees, we harness the power of storytelling to make visible our central role in the adoption dialogue.
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Amy Lee Scott

Amy Lee Scott is an award-winning essayist who has an MFA from the University of Iowa’s Nonfiction Writing Program. Her work can be found in a variety of literary magazines, and illustrated essays are forthcoming in The Iowa Review and Fourth Genre. Past work received notable mentions... Read More →

Sunday June 23, 2024 9:30am - 10:45am CDT
Rosemont 2: 3rd Floor
  Adoptee-Only Session

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